April 02, 2011, 10:00AM

Every year, thousands of people make a deal with their doctor: I'll pay you a fixed annual fee, whether or not I need your services, and in return you'll see me the day I call, remember who I am and what ails me, and give me your undivided attention. Full story »

June 13, 2011, 4:54AM

Democrats are right when they say the public wants to keep Medicare as a government-run program. Republicans are right when they say that the current Medicare benefit structure is unaffordable. Full story »

June 20, 2011, 12:59AM

Nothing being proposed will be sustainable if we can't figure out a way to care for Medicaid and Medicare's sickest patients in a most cost-effective way. Shifting costs won't work because we're too decent a nation to let these people die in the streets. Full story »